Anthracothorax

The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae.

Mangos
Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Anthracothorax
F. Boie, 1831
Species

7, see text

The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula).[2] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thōrax meaning "chest".[3]

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.[4][5]

Species

The genus contains seven species:[6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Anthracothorax viridigulaGreen-throated mangoVenezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeasterm Brazil.
Anthracothorax prevostiiGreen-breasted mangosouthern Mexico south through Central America
Anthracothorax nigricollisBlack-throated mangoPanama south to northeasterm Bolivia, southern Brazil and northern Argentina
Anthracothorax veraguensisVeraguan mangoPanama and Costa Rica
Anthracothorax dominicusAntillean mangoDominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Virgin Islands, U.S..
Anthracothorax viridisGreen mangoPuerto Rico
Anthracothorax mangoJamaican mangoJamaica

References

  1. Boie, Friedrich (1831). "Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen". Isis von Oken (in German). 24. Cols 538–548 [545].
  2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 24.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016.
  5. Remsen, J.V.J.; Stiles, F.G.; Mcguire, J.A. (2015). "Classification of the Polytminae (Aves: Trochilidae)". Zootaxa. 3957 (1): 143–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.13.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Hummingbirds". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 July 2019.


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